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- 6 Mar 2025
Fighting Digital Threats: A Call for Comprehensive Protections for Journalists
Calls for enhanced cybersecurity training and stronger laws to protect journalists were prominent at the recently concluded leading human rights summit in Taipei, Taiwan- RightsCon. This emerged from…
- 15 Oct 2020
CPJ Enjoins Online Publishers to Rise against Cybercrime Act
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has enjoined online publishers in Nigeria to rise against the Cybercrime Act, noting that journalists publishing online are vulnerable to the various challenges…
- 16 May 2021
Nigerian Security Agencies Use Israeli, US Technology for Forensic Surveillance of Journalists’ Phones
Technology developed by United States and Israeli firms were acquired by Nigerian security agencies for forensic surveillance of mobile phones of journalists, according to a report by the Committee…
- 27 Feb 2020
NGO Drags NCC to Court over Access to Call Data
Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative, a Nigerian nongovernmental organization, filed a lawsuit on February 25 against the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over regulations granting…
- 26 Jul 2016
Nigeria Votes Yes, UN Committee Grants CPJ Accreditation
Nigeria was among the forty member countries that nodded in agreement, as the United Nations Economic Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to grant consultative status to the Committee to Protect…
- 28 Oct 2024
FG Cracking Down on Journalists Citing "National Security" – IJNet
Nigeria is cracking down on journalists and media workers under the guise of national security, International Journalists Network (IJNet), has reported. According IJNet, which delivers the latest on…
- 18 Jun 2021
Nigeria, Six Other African Countries Use Israeli Spyware to Snoop on Citizens
Nigeria and six other countries in Africa are reportedly using the surveillance technology developed by Circles, Israeli telecom company to snoop on the personal communications of opposition…
- 25 Jul 2019
Sunday Dare, Silent Poster Boy of Nigeria’s ICT Sector
The tapping of Mr. Sunday Dare, executive commissioner (Stakeholder Management) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as a ministerial nominee from Oyo State by President Muhammadu Buhari…
- 23 Oct 2024
Sunday Dare: The Critical Thinker is Back to Base
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has got this appointment spot on. He has just appointed Sunday Akin Dare, as special adviser on Public Communications and Orientation. Sunday Dare Dare is a square peg in…
- 23 Jul 2019
Buhari Taps Sunday Dare, NCC EC as Minister
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Mr Sunday Dare, executive commissioner (Stakeholder Management) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as the ministerial nominee from Oyo State.…
- 6 Feb 2019
CSOs, Nigerians Urge President Buhari to Sign Digital Rights Bill
The National Assembly on Tuesday transmitted the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent. Sodiq Alabi, Communications Officer, Paradigm Initiative,…
- 18 Feb 2013
Cyber Attacks Against Media on the Rise
Cyber attacks against journalists and media organizations around the world have increased over the past few years as criminal hackers provide a cheap and easy way of censoring the press, a media…
- 29 May 2024
Senate Tasks SEC on Transparent Cryptocurrency Regulation
Senator Osita Izunaso, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Capital Market, has urged the Federal Government to regulate cryptocurrency in order to offer some level of accountability and investor…
- 14 Apr 2023
SEC Vows to Protect Minority Interests in Capital Market
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has assured investors that the interest of minority shareholders would be protected during all transactions in the capital market. Mr. Lamido Yuguda, the…
- 7 Dec 2021
Cybersafe Foundation Trains NITRA Members on Cybersecurity Awareness & Risks Mitigation
With billions of devices now online, new threats pop-up every second with more people becoming susceptible to attacks. To this end, Cybersafe Foundation, a cyber-security awareness organization in…
- 4 Feb 2018
FG, Foreign Countries Share Data On Overseas Bank Accounts
The Federal Government of Nigeria and some foreign countries, including the United Kingdom Government, have commenced the Automatic Exchange of Tax Information (AETI), particularly on overseas assets…
- 18 Dec 2014
Okonjo-Iweala Says Economy will Rely on Non oil Revenue
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, coordinating minister for the Economy, said on Wednesday that the Federal Government will diversify the economy next year by shifting from the oil sector to aggressive…
- 14 Feb 2022
PFN Seeks Probe of Emefiele, CBN Governor over Alleged Diversion of Funds for Presidential Ambition
Patriotic Front of Nigeria (PFN), a youth-based civil society group, has called on members of the National Assembly, to as a matter of urgent public importance, investigate cases of financial…
- 9 Oct 2012
LASG is Pursuing Seamless IM System- Uthman
Rafiu Bolaji Uthman , director general, Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau (LASRAB) is a distinguished information officer, career journalist and Civil Servant par excellence. Uthman was part of…
- 16 Dec 2019
Nigeria Commercializes First Genetically Engineered Cowpea
Nigeria has reached a major food security milestone with the commercial release of insect-resistant cowpea — its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, according to Cornell Alliance for Science.…